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Originally Posted by Uncle Bulgaria
I am confused as to how the new set of pressure pads fit. The new ones have short legs and came with three springs that don't seem to have any place in my 4A. There is no detent in the collars they mount on for the springs to pull against. I also presume I don't need the third, as it would be for the stereo head that in mine is the 'dummy'.
Are these a later model that aren't compatible? You can see from the picture that the new ones (top row) can't hook onto the springs supplied on the head mounting plate, whereas one of the old ones has a bend in the wire which I assume is for the coil spring to engage with. This surmise is illustrated in the second photograph.
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Hi Uncle B,
Those little coil springs are used on Series 5 and later decks; you don’t need them as you’ve got the tension springs under the deck as you’ve shown.
Remember that you can simply glue new felt to your existing arms; I bought some piano tuner’s felt and use it on all my decks when the old pads are compressed hard or packed solid with oxide dust.
Cheers,
Bill